2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Great Lakes Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Soil Sciences is the 292nd most popular major in the country with 406 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, soil sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,848 and had an average of $20,406 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 89 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,430 and $19,228 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in soil sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in soil sciences.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree soil sciences students.
Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 5 doctorate’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Soil Sciences at Michigan State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 2 doctorate’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read full report on Soil Sciences at Purdue
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read more about Soil Sciences at University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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